Finder for calendar



May 16, 1961 G. H. sAMPsoN FINDER FOR CALENDAR Filed Feb. 6, 1959 INVENTOR. ege Hf .5077405010 nited States FINDER FOR CALENDAR George H. Sampson, Middleboro, Mass., assign'or t0 Wmthrop-Atkins Co., Inc., Middleboro, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Filed Feb. 6, 1959, ser. No. 791,675' 1 Claim. (cl. 4o11o) 4Irhis invention relates to calendars and calendar mounts and more especially to desk mounted calendar pads.

The principal objects of this invention are to provide means for use in combination with a calendar and mount therefor, selectively to pick out a specific date and mark it for future reference; to provide means of the foregoing character which can be used with 4substantially any kind of calendar, whether large or small, or of the desk or wall type; to provide means which can be easily associated with standard calendars and mounts therefor, without modifying the calendar or its mount, to provide means which is easy to manipulate, is simple, inexpensive and in no way detracts from the appearance of the calendar or interferes with a clear view of lthe remainder of the calendar.

As herein illustrated, the combination includes a calendar and means for mounting the same for display purposes, a finder, and means mounting the nder on the front face of the pad for movement over the face of the pad, selectively to pick out any specific date thereon, and means bounding the pad with which a portion of an edge of the mounting means is .adapted to be engaged to hold the mounting means against the pad wherever it is positioned thereon. The calendar-mount is preferably of the type having a front board containing a sight opening, behind which the calendar pad may be disposed and retained by marginal portions of the front board bounding the sight opening. The mount for the finder is a transparent sheet in the form of a disc adapted .to be placed against the face of the pad, with portions of its edge interposed between the pad and the marginal edge of the front board, the disc being of such size that, at any position of the disc on the face of the pad, there will' always be a portion of the disc engaged between the pad and the overlying front board. The nder may be a circle or other geometrical figure inscribed or imprinted on the surface of the disc so that it may be placed adjacent a date, either to surround it or to lie below or along a side of it, herein shown as a ring ofblack pigment. The finder is placed close enough to the edge of the disc so that the distance between the edge and the iinder does not exceed the distance between a limiting edge of the pocket and any date on the pad which is closest to the edge of the pocket.

The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a front elevation of a mount containing a calendar pad and showm'g the finder in two extreme positions;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the nder removed from the mount; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a mou-nt for a calendar pad 12. 'I'he mount 10 may be any one of many mounts of this kind adapted to be placed on a desk or table and provided for this purpose with an easel-type supporting leg, or to be hung on a wall and provided for this purpose with an eye, and has a pocket Patented May 16, 1961 rice in which a calendar'pad may be disposed and retained. The pocket is formed by the combination of a back member 14 against which the pad 12 may be disposed and anr overlying front member 16 containing a sight opening 18 which is fastened marginally to the back member 14 so as to leave a space between them for receiving marginal edges of the pad. The members 14 and 16 may be connected by any suitable means such as adhesive or a binding sheet 17 overlying the edges so long as the inner faces between the members 14 and 16, bounding the sight opening, are left unatt-ached to permit the pad to be slipped between the members. Optionally, as is conventional with this type of mount, a spacer (not shown) may be placed between the members 14 and 16 to give depth to the pocket to facilitate inserting the pad. Along the bottom and the lateral edges of the sight opening, there are retaining lips 20 and 22-22 which overlie the opening at the margins of the pad and help to retain the pad in place.

In accordance with the invention, a iinder 24, in the form of a ring is inscribed or otherwise applied to one face of a transparent disc 26 of, for example, polyvinyl and the latter is then placed within the sight opening (Fig. 1), with its edge disposed between the margin of the front board 16 and the pad 12 or the back member 14, depending upon the position of the disc. Direct attachment of the margin of the front board 16 tothe back member 14, as illustrated, assures that the front member will retain the disc 26 in selected position even though calendar pad thickness is reduced as calendar pad sheets are removed during the Icalendar year. The iinder ring 24 should be large enough to encircle a date on the pad without concealing any part of it and small enough so as not to overlap the adjacent dates in any direction. The finder should also be close enough to the edge of the transparent disc so that, in whatever position the disc may be, the distance between its edge and the nder is not greater than the distance between any date on the pad and the edge of the pocket closest to it. The edges of the pocket will, of course, be determined by the manner in which the members 14 and 16 and joined. The disc must be large enough in diameter so that, when the finder is opposite any date on the pad, at least a small portion of the edge of the disc will lie between the front board and the calendar pad or the back member. The disc is very light and smooth and will almost cling to the pad without support, hence it will be held in placethat is prevented from sliding down the surface of the pad by engagement of a very small portion of i-ts edge with the margin of the front member.

It is clear, that, by sliding the disc along the surface of the pad and by turning it in its own plane, the finder may be disposed opposite any date on the pad.

Preferably, the transparent disc 26 is -a clear plastic, however, if desired, it may be lightly etched on one side as indicated at 27 in Fig. 2, preferably on the outer side so as not to reflect light as would a polished surface, thus eliminating glare which might interfere vw'th reading the calendar from an angle or at a distance. The etched or frosted surface of the disc will take pencil notations, for the date which is marked for reference, which may be rubbed off after they have served their purpose. A colored plastic disc may be employed, containing a hole, as the finder instead of a mark on the surface.

The disc is preferably made of a polyvinyl, for example an acetate or a chloride. It is to be understood, however, that any thin, transparent material may be employed for this purpose whether of organic or inorganic origin.

The iinder, as herein illustrated, has the special advantages of being easy to use, inexpensive to make and useful in combination with any conventional calendar mount without modification of the latter, as distinguished from such other devices as have heretofore been designed for this purpose. Other advantages are that the disc will stay in place as the pad grows thinner since the front board will continue to pinch it against the pad, it is easy to manipulategit adds very littleweight to the calendar which is'important from the standpoint of mailing costs; and it does not interfere with replacement of the pad.

' It shouldv be understood that the present disclosure is forthe'purpose of illustra-tion only and that this invention includes all modioations and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In combination, a mount having a back board, a front board containing a window opening, means attaching the'marginal edges only of the boards so as to provide a pocket therebetween, a multi-sheet calendar pad disposed in Vthe pocket behind the window opening, said front board having marginal portions adjacent the window opening which engage the marginal edge of the pad to retain it in alignment with the window opening, a transparent disc slidably and turnably disposed in the pocket between the outermost calendar sheet and the inner side of the front board marginally of the Window opening, said disc having a diameter exceeding one dimension of said window opening, but less than the other, so that a portion of the pad always has contact with the front board marginally of the window opening, and a finder comprising a flat plastic lamina applied on the disc and adapted to cover a date on the calendar sheet near an edge at a distance therefrom which is` less than the distance between the inner edges of the window opening and the 4attached edges of the mount at any point, saidv disc being movable by turning and sliding movements to dispose the nder opposite any selected calendar date.

References Cited in the ile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,415,686 Oppenheim May 9, 1922 1,613,769 Peterson Jan. 11, 1927 1,675,483 Brooks July 3, 1928 2,609,629 Hubbard Sept. 9, 1952 2,750,698 Nichols June 19, 1956 2,798,322 Nichols July 9, 1957 

